This is the story of a very brave and unexpected summer resident at Crooked Mile Farm and Animal Inn. Charles Dickens was the "chick that was hatched by a duck". To clear any confusion about this statement I shall have to tell his whole story.
One sunny afternoon, a lazy chicken decided that it was too hot and muggy to go all the way over to her favorite nesting place behind the barn and decided instead to just lay her egg in Mrs. Ducks nest, which was right below where she was laying in the chicken coop. This lazy hen went down and said to Mrs. Duck: "Why don't you run over and take a swim and I'll look after your precious eggs?" Mrs. Duck was very hot and thirsty so she agreed to this plan and waddled off to the pond. The naughty little hen laid her egg in the ducks nest for Mrs.Duck to take care of, then she wandered off to go find the gallant Mr. Long-Tail Rooster, for he might have some food for her! When Mrs. Duck came back she didn't notice the chicken egg in her nest and settled back onto her nest to warm up her eggs after that naughty chicken had gone off and they had gotten cold. Not knowing that there was a chicken egg in her nest, she very dutifully watched after and protected her eggs until three weeks later she heard a peep and one of her eggs moved! Out came a downy little chick.
Now Mrs. Duck is a little old and can not see very well so she could not tell that this was a baby chick and not one of her own baby ducklings . So Mrs. Duck took the newly hatched Charles Dickens under her wing and cared for him as her own. There was only one little problem, this baby of hers didn't seem to understand her very well because he was forever peeping and she was always quaking trying to show him how a proper little duck spoke.
When Mrs. Ducks other eggs didn't hatch she was very glad to have this duckling even if he was a little odd. They went out together and she showed him how to go around in the world. It was hard for them to understand each other and to know where the other was. To help Mrs. Duck out in keeping track of this spritely little youngster, Scaliwag, the border collie, always kept watch over little Charles Dickens. This was how Mrs. Duck would find him by looking where Scaliwag was.
Eventully though, Charles Dickens grew up and decided that he rather liked to hang out with the chickens instead of the ducks because the chickens didn't try to get him to swim in that horrid little pool of water! He always kept in touch with Mrs. Duck though and brought her many presents of worms. The End.
One sunny afternoon, a lazy chicken decided that it was too hot and muggy to go all the way over to her favorite nesting place behind the barn and decided instead to just lay her egg in Mrs. Ducks nest, which was right below where she was laying in the chicken coop. This lazy hen went down and said to Mrs. Duck: "Why don't you run over and take a swim and I'll look after your precious eggs?" Mrs. Duck was very hot and thirsty so she agreed to this plan and waddled off to the pond. The naughty little hen laid her egg in the ducks nest for Mrs.Duck to take care of, then she wandered off to go find the gallant Mr. Long-Tail Rooster, for he might have some food for her! When Mrs. Duck came back she didn't notice the chicken egg in her nest and settled back onto her nest to warm up her eggs after that naughty chicken had gone off and they had gotten cold. Not knowing that there was a chicken egg in her nest, she very dutifully watched after and protected her eggs until three weeks later she heard a peep and one of her eggs moved! Out came a downy little chick.
Now Mrs. Duck is a little old and can not see very well so she could not tell that this was a baby chick and not one of her own baby ducklings . So Mrs. Duck took the newly hatched Charles Dickens under her wing and cared for him as her own. There was only one little problem, this baby of hers didn't seem to understand her very well because he was forever peeping and she was always quaking trying to show him how a proper little duck spoke.
When Mrs. Ducks other eggs didn't hatch she was very glad to have this duckling even if he was a little odd. They went out together and she showed him how to go around in the world. It was hard for them to understand each other and to know where the other was. To help Mrs. Duck out in keeping track of this spritely little youngster, Scaliwag, the border collie, always kept watch over little Charles Dickens. This was how Mrs. Duck would find him by looking where Scaliwag was.
Eventully though, Charles Dickens grew up and decided that he rather liked to hang out with the chickens instead of the ducks because the chickens didn't try to get him to swim in that horrid little pool of water! He always kept in touch with Mrs. Duck though and brought her many presents of worms. The End.